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Glossary Terms
fatigue
Phenomenon leading to fracture under repeated or fluctuating stresses having a maximum value less than the tensile strength of the material…
fatigue life
Number of cycles of stress that can be sustained prior to failure under a stated test condition.
fatigue resistance
Ability of a tool or component to be flexed repeatedly without cracking. Important for bandsaw-blade backing.
fatigue strength
Maximum stress that can be sustained for a specified number of cycles without failure, the stress being completely reversed within each cyc…
feather burr
Very fine or thin burr.
feather edge
Same as a feather burr, except that feather edge can also refer to a very thin machined ridge located at the ends of a lead-in or lead-out …
feed
Rate of change of position of the tool as a whole, relative to the workpiece while cutting.
ferrite
Solid solution of one or more elements in body-centered cubic iron. Unless otherwise designated, for instance, as chromium ferrite, the sol…
file band
Segmented files mounted on an endless band for use on a powered band-type filing machine or on a contour band machine with a filing attachm…
filing
Operation in which a tool with numerous small teeth is applied manually to round off sharp corners and shoulders and remove burrs and nicks…
filing attachment
Mounts on a contour bandsaw for power-filing operations.